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[TamerVirus]

Yoink, as a word, was popularized by the Simpsons. The writer, however, claims he took the word from Archie comics

[Max™]

The missus told me what she learned from Tetris the other day, I was expecting something about how frustrating it is or how weird russian looks, instead I get this:
"Being different isn't always valuable, and when you blend in you disappear."

That's deep as shit right, it isn't just me being dumb, is it?

[scriver]

It's not deep at all.

[Max™]

I'm the dumb then, hoisted by my own retard.

[Yoink]

"That was like herding cats. Or chickens. No, wait, it's like... trying to train a bunch of cats to herd the chickens FOR you."   

^actual, paraphrased quote from me earlier.

[scourge728]

I keep seeing my signature out of the corner of my eye and thinking it's an edit thing

[MaxTheFox]

Aliens probably exist, but if they don't, at least not in our galaxy, it means it all is just for us. The entire galaxy. Just like the Earth is currently.

[Egan_BW]

Even if it is "all for us", claiming that prize would be difficult. The milky way is many thousands of light years across, humans live for like 70 years. If you traveled at absurd speed for your entire life from birth to death, you wouldn't get to see a fraction of a fraction of this galaxy.

Besides, Earth itself isn't just for us, we share it with a ton of other life. Unless by "us" you mean all life on earth, as opposed to just humans.

[MaxTheFox]

Even if it is "all for us", claiming that prize would be difficult. The milky way is many thousands of light years across, humans live for like 70 years. If you traveled at absurd speed for your entire life from birth to death, you wouldn't get to see a fraction of a fraction of this galaxy.

Besides, Earth itself isn't just for us, we share it with a ton of other life. Unless by "us" you mean all life on earth, as opposed to just humans.

Yeah, not all of it of course, but there will be little competition for obvious reasons.

Humans are the only completely sentient life on Earth. Other, non-sentient life only serves to help humanity. This is why I more-or-less support environmentalism.

[Eschar]

For some reason this makes me think less "wow, we're going to have a lot of resources to ourselves" and more "fuck, that's depressingly lonely."

[Egan_BW]

Hmph. Yeah, humans are the only creatures like humans there are. Only humans can do all the things that humans do. Just like, say, only honeybees can do all the things that honeybees can do. We define sentience based on ourselves, then turn around and claim that it's what makes us special.
Nature doesn't exist to fulfill our needs, we are part of nature. Same as every other living thing.

[MaxTheFox]

Hmph. Yeah, humans are the only creatures like humans there are. Only humans can do all the things that humans do. Just like, say, only honeybees can do all the things that honeybees can do. We define sentience based on ourselves, then turn around and claim that it's what makes us special.
Nature doesn't exist to fulfill our needs, we are part of nature. Same as every other living thing.

Hmmm... humans have higher intelligence and capability to use tools than any other animal, which is what I was getting at. We are present on every continent in one way or another and, for the most part, are dominating the ecosystem there, for better or for worse. It's safe to say that we're the rulers of this planet and can use nature to fulfill our needs. Of course, if there are aliens with similar intelligence, we should treat them as equals.

Of course, environmentalism and preserving populations of animals useful for science and the ecology (and food, I guess) is important, for the survival of humanity will be difficult without them.

[scriver]

I mean. If only humans has the capability to can into space then all of space is pretty much only for humanity.

[MaxTheFox]

I mean. If only humans has the capability to can into space then all of space is pretty much only for humanity.

Exactly.

[MaxTheFox]

My diet is as close to the opposite of veganism as it's possible for me to get without health issues (vitamins are important). I'm not sure, it might be like 70% meat. It's as much personal preference (I like meat!) as it's a way to protest against PETA.